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Beyond.com? Troubled group grapples with new names
NEW YORK -- Dot-movie. Dot-protest. Even dot-sex?
Research articles 2000-07-10
US DOT: DOT releases Y2K information on U.S. aiairports.
M2 PRESSWIRE-2 November 1999-US DOT: DOT releases Y2K information on U.S. airports C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:021199 The U.S. Department of Transportation DOT said today that none of the nation's 565 airports regulated by the Federal Aviation Administration FAA has been...
Tags: DOT, FAA, Y2K
Research articles 1999-11-02
Dot-USA No Longer For Sale.
Dot-USA No Longer For Sale -- Actually, dot-USA, never was for sale. That's why a U.S. District Court, at the behest of the Federal Trade Commission FTC, has shut down several businesses that were preying on patriotic, albeit uninformed, Americans and selling them domain names that...
Tags: FTC, INTERNET
Research articles 2002-03-13
Connecting dots draw future of wireless.(Focus)
Byline: KRISTEN BECKMAN Less than 10 years ago, dot-com was the technology phrase de jour. Business plans, companies and even an economic boom and bust were built upon one little dot. Today, at least in the...
Tags: network, technology, UWB, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WIRELESS
Research articles 2005-05-23
The Dot-Com Experience: Lessons Learned
By now, everyone knows about the dot-com bubble. It burst. As a result, a lot of people lost a lot of money. This is old news. However, there is something to be said for reflection. While looking back at the e-business/dot-com experience is kind of like looking back at an...
Tags: dot-com, e-business, E-business/E-commerce, INTERNET, United Airlines
Research articles 2004-02-02
DoT now wants Dept of Space to vacate spectrum
Scarcity of spectrum had earlier made the Department of Telecommunications DoT seek release of spectrum by the Army. DoT believes that a considerable amount of spectrum is with the Indian Army for its use. DoT has now sought similar release of spectrum from the Department of Space. DoT will allocate...
Tags: spectrum, WiMAX, WIRELESS
Research articles 2006-01-22
DOT Regulators Won't Give In On Employee Background Checks.
Regulated maritime groups are seeing red over the decision of the Department of Transportation DOT to stick to its plan to require that employers check past employment of new hires for positive drug tests. The maritime industry, which, along with all other modes of ...
Tags: industry, regulator, Strategy, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2001-08-09
Dot.Com Doldrums.(developing business plans for electronic commerce)(Brief Article)
The dot isn't enough to romance investors. Creativity and solid business plans are needed. NO LONGER IS THE BUSINESS OF DOT.COMS the dot. Solid business plans now recognize that the Internet is a conduit, not necessarily a destination. In June, USA Today reporter Matt...
Tags: dot-com, FINANCE, INTERNET, Investment, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.
Research articles 2000-09-01
DOT Issues Recommendations for Reducing Delays
I know, we've heard this one before. Once again, the DOT has issued a few changes to try and help reduce delays and generally make traveling better. Most of them are snoozers - not anything new or exciting but rather firming up of old proposals. But there...
Tags: Slot, Auction, Brett Snyder
Blog posts 2008-05-19
Firms Help in Getting New Domains
Internet: New Dot-Monikers Come Online Next Year So who gets sandiego.biz? Internet addresses with the dot-biz suffix could arrive as soon as 2001, along with six more alternatives to dot-com and dot-org. With that news, inquiries about getting the new Web monikers are already floating in, said...
Tags: domain, ICANN, INTERNET
Research articles 2000-11-27
[BUSINESS BRIEFS ]
- Regulators consider new Web addresses --- Bored with dot-com, dot-edu and dot-gov? Not to worry --- conferees in Japan this week are about to give the Internet its first new "dot-somethings" since the 1980s. The three-letter Web site labels are the focus of a conference in Yokohama,...
Tags: agreement, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, ICANN, INTERNET, MARKETING, SOFTWARE, Vietnam, Web
Research articles 2000-07-14
Internet domain
Ever wonder why Web site addresses are structured the way they are? Who picked all these dots and slashes? Why dot-com and dot-net but not dot-corp or dot-inc? Who's in charge of all of this? Every computer linked to the Internet has an IP Internet Protocol number associated with...
Tags: domain, dot-com, ICANN, INTERNET, IP, NETWORKING, Web
Research articles 2001-09-15
Germany's green dot system challenged.
DSD, the operator of Germany's green dot packaging recycling system is facing a challenge from rivals who believe they can collect waste more cost-effectively. Last year, the European Commission said that the scheme, which was established by producers to take-back used packaging, enjoyed a monopoly...
Tags: European Commission, Germany, Manufacturing, recycling
Research articles 2002-07-01
DOT gives Virgin America tentative approval
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The United States Department of Transportation DOT has tentatively approved Virgin America's application to start a new US airline. The DOT reportedly found that the carrier is owned and controlled by US citizens and is fit to operate as a domestic airline....
Tags: U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2007-03-21
US DOT: DOT releases Year 2000 information on US aiairlines.
M2 PRESSWIRE-16 November 1999-US DOT: DOT releases Year 2000 information on US airlines C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:121199 The US Department of Transportation DOT announced today that the nation's 10 largest airlines, which handle 95 of domestic passengers, were found to...
Tags: carrier, DOT, FAA, Y2K
Research articles 1999-11-16
backword.(letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Dot.commed out I thought your December editorial ("In `dot-com' overload") was right on! It baffles me how the dot.coms get the evaluations and cash that they do--and then they spend it like drunken sailors on advertising and produc ...
Tags: dot-com, Enron Corp., Genesis, market price, risk management
Research articles 2000-02-01
US DOT: DOT announces public meeting on remote co control valves for pipelines.
M2 PRESSWIRE-25 October 1999-US DOT: DOT announces public meeting on remote control valves for pipelines C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:221099 The US Department of Transportation's DOT Research and Special Programs Administration RSPA will host a public meeting on Nov. 4, 1999,...
Tags: Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 1999-10-25
TV Dot-Comedy Breaks Promises
Even as the dot-com backlash reaches a fever pitch, Hollywood is pitching the Web life to a TV audience. On Dec. 8, ABC will debut Dot Comedy, a kind of America's Funniest Home Videos for the Net. Inspired by a British show of the same name, Dot Comedy will...
Tags: ABC Inc., dot-com, fever, MARKETING, TVs, Web
Research articles 2000-12-11
C-DOT out for lost glory with WiMAX.(WIRELESS)
C-DOT Alcatel Research Centre CARC, a joint venture between the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) and Alcatel, is conducting lab trials for WiMAX technology. WiMAX enables a broadband access at up to a 75Mbps download speed through wireless. C-DOT was responsible for the telecom revolution...
Tags: Alcatel, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, WIRELESS
Research articles 2006-08-01
Safety Leadership Today for a Safer Tomorrow
The safety of the nation's traveling public is the top priority of the Department of Transportation DOT. All DOT agencies are working together as ONE DOT -- a strategy of mutual collaboration to reduce duplication and save resources -- to promote the public health and safety by working toward the...
Tags: fatality, FHWA, leadership, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2000-03-01
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